Synopses & Reviews
This collection, with essays by Graham H. Bird, JaakkoHintikka, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Jan Wolenski, will interest graduatestudents of the philosophy of language and logic, as well asprofessional philosophers, historians of analytic philosophy, andphilosophically inclined logicians."Truth and Knowledge" brings together 11 new essays that offer awealth of insights on a number of Carnap's concerns and ideas. Thevolume arose out of a symposium on Carnap's work at an internationalconference held in Vienna in 2001.The essays are written from a variety of perspectives: These essays form a collection that will prove a valuable resource forour understanding of the historic Carnap and the living philosophicalissues with which he grappled.
Synopsis
This collection originated at a conference organized by the Institute Vienna Circle and the University of Vienna on the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism and was held in Vienna in July 2001. (cf. The Vienna Orcle and Logical Empiricism. Re-evaluation and Future Perspectives. Edited by Frie drich Stadler. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer, 2003, Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 10). All the essays in this volume with one exception are based on talks presented on that occasion and appear here for the first time. The contributions address a broad range of issues in the philosophy of Rudolf Carnap, but two themes stand out. Many authors respond directly or indirectly to objections against various aspects of Carnap's work: the pro gram of Der Logische Aufbau der Welt, his views on ontology and realism, and his explication of disposition predicates. w. v. Quine's shadow looms large. Rising to the challenge, these authors constructively modify Carnapian ideas or explore alternatives without abandoning key tenets of his empiri cism. As our understanding of Carnap's work in its historical context has become more nuanced and detailed over the past decade, the room for dis agreement over its interpretation has grown. Several of the papers aim to put the record straight with respect to such works as Logische Syntax der Sprache, Der Logische Aufbau der Welt, and Der Raum. This collection then attests to the continuing and growing attraction of Carnap's philosophy."
Synopsis
This collection will prove a valuable resource for our understanding of the historic Carnap and the living philosophical issues with which he grappled. It arose out of a symposium on Carnap's work (Vienna, 2001). With essays by Graham H. Bird, Jaakko Hintikka, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Jan Wolenski, this volume will interest graduate students of the philosophy of language and logic, as well as professional philosophers, historians of analytic philosophy, and philosophically inclined logicians.
Table of Contents
Preface. Carnap on Truth;
I. Niiniluoto. Carnap's Metaphilosophy;
J. Wolenski. Synthetic Geometry and
Aufbau;
T. Mormann. Carnap's Übernahme der Gestalttheorie in den
Aufbau im Lichte heutiger, vor allem computationaler Theorien des Sehens;
U. Majer. Carnap's
Aufbau Rehabilitated;
C.W. Savage. Carnap and the Unity of Science: 1921-1928;
C. Pincock. Carnap's Internal and External Questions. Part 1 : Quine's Criticisms. Part 2: Carnap's Arguments;
G.H. Bird. Scepticism under New Colours? Stroud's Criticism of Carnap;
T. Bonk. Squaring the Vienna Circle with Up-to-date Logic and Epistemology;
J. Hintikka. Carnap versus Quine, or Aprioristic versus Naturalized Epistemology, or a Lesson from Dispositions;
W. Spohn. Husserl's Role in Carnap's
Der Raum;
S. Sarkar. Index.